Faced with a thicket of plotlines, I'm going to take three paths through them: firstly, Felix and his entanglements with Ruby and Marie; then Melmotte's election campaign and money matters; and saving the best till last, Paul and Mrs Hurtle.

In Chapters 29-42, the themes of greed and love prevail, with healthy servings of duplicity, snobbery, despair, neglect, domestic violence, and fraud.

Gilly Wilford introduces chapters 15-28 of The Way We Live Now

Dr Ellen Moody’s introduction to the final ten chapters of Doctor Thorne, given at the Zoom BIG READ on 15th March 2021.

Dr Anna Beer writes about the task she took on, after her husband's death, in bringing to publication the book he was working on when he died. Dr Beer has also kindly donated a copy of Austen, Dickens & Co. for a Prize Draw.

I have read Barchester Towers five times and have promptly forgotten the details each time. I am left with only a sense of easy reading and good construction. I am...

The Trollope Society is a member of the Alliance of Literary Societies, the umbrella organisation for literary societies and groups in the UK. We are delighted to share the ALS...

The Society is delighted to have finally created what we hope will be the most accurate and definitive version of ‘The Beloved County’ to date. Available to purchase from 1st September, 2020.

This article was first published on Addressing Health on 24th April 2020. Today would have been Anthony Trollope’s 205th birthday. As Trollope ranks amongst some of the most famous literary figures...

People across the world are looking to loose themselves in a long read. Stuck at home in a prolonged lock-down many of us are finding that reading provides a welcome...